bolscaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• bolsaire
• ballsaire, boillsuire, bollsaire, bollscaire, bollsgaire, bolsgaire (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔl̪ˠsˠkərʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʌl̪ˠsˠərʲə/ (corresponding to the alternative form bolsaire)

Noun

bolscaire m (genitive singular bolscaire, nominative plural bolscairí)

1. crier, herald, announcer

   Synonym: aralt

2. propagandist, booster, publicist
3. blusterer

   Synonyms: bliústar, gal, galach

Declension

Declension of bolscaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bolscaire bolscairí Vocative a bholscaire a bholscairí Genitive bolscaire bolscairí Dative bolscaire bolscairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bolscaire na bolscairí Genitive an bholscaire na mbolscairí Dative leis an mbolscaire don bholscaire leis na bolscairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bolscaire	bholscaire	mbolscaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bolscaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bollscaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 76
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bollsaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bolscaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN